Assig-nor to himself



` nitrh toire 'strot @with H. C. MOOREQOF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDI. H. DERBY, 0F SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent .Na 75,@53, dated Mara-li '24, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN ICECARRIAGES..

"TO ALL W-HO'M.. IT MAY CONOERN:

i. carriage and operated to steer the carri Be itknown that I, H. G. MO'oRE, of Springfield, Hampden county, Commonwealth of' Massachusetts,'ha.ve invented` a new and usefulImproved Power Ice-Carriage, of' which tlefollowing is a full andrclear description, reference being had to the ac'conpunyirig drawings, 'and to the. letters of reference morlced thereon. In the drawings- I l I Figure l is a, side View with o. partial section, ond` Fgurea plan view of my invention.

This device consists of the arrangement of a. toothed wheel upon e suitable platformfn combination with gearing and s. lever conveniently arranged to be'operet'ed by persons on the platform, the platform being supported by the said toothed wheel and a. pair of wheels arranged u-pon an axle, pivoted at the other end ot' the ogefby means of a hand-wheel upon the top of the platform, as will be hereafter more fully described.

In the drawings, is the toothed nwheel, placed st one end ofthe platt'orm,.a.nd supporting this end of the same. Upon the shaft of the wheel A is the pinion B, which meshes into the geanwheel C, the latter being I opernted immediately-by the lever D,byvmeans.oi` a. pnwl, E, actingupon `the gear-wheel as a. ratchet to turn the same when the lever D is worked'up and down, and thus turning the wheel Aby the intermediate gearing, and

. moving the, carri'a'ge along as the wh'eel A is revolved, the teeth of the same catching upon theiceand preventing it from slipping .Upon lthe opposite end 'of th'e'carriage is arranged the steering-apparatus, before mentioned, and consisting of the a'xle O with wheels and I. Upon the axleOis a rock, I-I, forming the are of a. circle, and

operated by opinion; G,`upon the verticzil shaft ot' the hand-wheel Ffthe axle being pivoted et the centre upon the' platform ofthe carriage. The wheels loud I may be provided with 'runners or shoes, K and K, so that the vehicle can be used as asled or'car. A brake 'is formed for the same in the following manner: A spring-piece,` L, is

attached nt one end to the under side ot' Vthe platform, the-other enFd bending downwards, and through which is fastened an upright rod, M, which passes up through the platform, projecting onth upper side ofthe same. The lower end of this rod is sharpened ut a, so that, when pressed down while vthe vehicle is in niotion,`itvdigsinto i the ice or ground,.and stops further progress; This operation may beperformed byheving the upper end of the rod M'immedietelyunder the handlefof thepropelling-lever, D, so thnt, by pressingthe latter down, it also presses down thefrod M, `the spring L'rccovering it to its` first position when pressure is taken oft' from the top.

It will be seen that, although especially designed for travelling upon ice, `this device may be used on lan-d,v

ifdesired, and `the arrangement ofthe lever and gearing renders it possible to obtain great speed with compara.-

. tively a. small expenditureofpower'. Y

The ratchet upon'the lever D mny be constructed so as to catch. either way in 'the gear-wheel C, and turn the same backwards or forwards by the somemotion of the lever, according to the adjustment of the ratchet.

New, having described myinvcntion, what I claim as new, and desire to secure 4by Letters Patentis- 1. The arrangement of 'the toothed wheel A with pinion B, and thegear-wheel C operated by lever D, in

combination with the handfwheel F, with pinion G and the rack H, upon the pivoted axle O, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth, l

2;.The brake', consisting of the vertical rod M and springIi, constructed and arranged as described.

H. AC'. MOORE.

Witnesses: .EDWARD H.HYDE,

CHAs. T. WORK. 

